The Ethiopian parliament session held on October 22, 2019 will be remembered for PM Abiy Ahmed’s few remarks that has had far reaching consequences. Those explanations were made in the context of replying to questions posed by some parliamentarians. In Read more…
የዛሬ ሶስት አመት ገደማ፣ አንድ አንጋፋ የህወኣት ባለስልጣን፣ “ኢህኣዴግ ስልጣን የሚለቀው ከሃምሳ አመት በኋላ ነው” ብሎ ነበር። ለምን እስከ ሃምሳ አመት ስልጣን ላይ መቆየታቻው የግድ እንደሆነ ስተነትን እንዲህ ነበር ያለው፡ “የኢትዮጵያ ኤኮኖሚ አድጎ የቡርዡዋ መደብ ይፈጠራል። ከዚያ የብሄር ፖሎቲካ ያበቃለታል። Read more…
Dur ilmii Oromoo – yoo lolatuu, Shimala qaqee – waaliin dhayee yoo qolatuu! Lola shaakaluu – dhiichiisaa, Booree galee kaasani – garaa wal boreesaa! Waraanaa yoo qophaawuu, Guyyaa giitiif – yoo si’aawuu! Yoo harqqaa geerraru – diina kokkee qaabuuf hudhee, Read more…
When I heard that Mugabe, ex-president of Zimbabwe, has passed away, a flashback of thought took me down the memory lane. I grew up hearing about him, as a towering figure and giant in African politics. He used to regularly Read more…
Waggaa shanan tokko fuuldura, barattoota univarsiti eebissuu dhaaf hooggantoonii ODP (enna sana OPDO), bakka addaa addaa ti ergamani turan. Hundii saanii yoo haasaa godhan, waanuma tokko irratii xiyyeeffatan: wal ijaaraatii kobil stoonii dhan daandii tolchaa! Kana turee dhaamsi saanii. Hojjaan Read more…
During the last few days I hear news regarding preparations for Irreecha 2019 events. The Grand Irreecha event has been celebrated at Hora Harsadii (in Bishoftu). Irreecha 2019 will be a special event in that the festival will resume taking Read more…
Technological innovation is one of the fundamental instruments of growth to help developing countries lift themselves out of poverty. In the context of economic developments over recent decades, technological innovations draw exemplary inspirations from the Four Asian Tigers (Hong Kong, Read more…
I am prompted to write this piece by a news item reported by Capital Ethiopia Newspaper that the government has changed the banking business proclamation, opening the insurance industry to Ethiopians diaspora, specifically those who hold foreign nationality but Ethiopian Read more…
Every time the Ethiopian government releases news regarding privatization of public enterprises, we hear a lot about a magic number, 49%! This is to underline that the public enterprises would be privatized only partially. In order to stress this point, Read more…
It was by accident that I bumped into an OBS interview with Obboo Haile Gebre (the two part interviews are posted below!). I was gripped from the very outset. There was no chance I would change that channel once I Read more…